Roger Bennion's photos

Explored! Thank you very much :-) This guy was fishing so even though it wasn't dark "Fishin' in the Dark" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band seems appropriate :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Fishin' in the Dark ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

SATURDAY SELF-CHALLENGE 16 JUNE 2019 ~ My error was spotted by Graf Geo :-))) "GUESS WHAT I AM" Solution - A large pussy cat .....well, Lion as most identified correctly :-) This is outside Stowe House, Stowe Landscape Gardens.

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL I was looking for a song to go with these farm buildings and the only, obscure, link I can find is "Where Corn Don't Grow" by Waylon Jennings :-). Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Where Corn Don't Grow ~ Waylon Jennings

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Saturday Self-Challenge 9 June 2018 "Anything Red". When Helen & I went to Stowe last Sunday I spent a lot of time looking for 'anything red' :-) Found a red mailbox but didn't seem able to get the right framing. Then saw some red roses but think I should have got in a lot closer to the subject. Was kinda on point of giving up but as we headed towards the exit I saw something red in the distance. As we got closer I realised it was red sunglasses. I guess someone had dropped them and some kind person had lodged them on the top of a fence :-) When, later, I was looking at the Group I saw Karen's "Challenge is closed for the week. See you next Saturday" photo of red sunglasses and I thought to myself "This is a bit spooky and I hope that Karen doesn't think I stole her sunglasses" :-)) Added to ~ Saturday Self-Challenge I am also adding my photo to 'Sight and Sound' because, perhaps, the sunglasses I photographed are 'cheap' ones and ZZ Top recorded "Cheap Sunglasses" :-)) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Cheap Sunglasses ~ ZZ Top

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL 2nd World War Memorial in grounds of Dinton Church. Dedicated to - W M Currie, 45th Cavalry W Jessett, Royal Army Service Corps T A Miller, Royal Engineers J F Tapping, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry My 'Sight and Sound' link is "Travelin' Soldier" by the Dixie Chicks. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Travelin' Soldier ~ Dixie Chicks

Explored! Thank you very much :-) This was taken from within the University Church in Oxford looking out towards the Radcliffe Camera. A slightly obscure link for 'Sight and Sound' that comes to mind is "She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune" by The Dillards :-) This track is on their "Wheatstraw Suite" album from 1968. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune ~ The Dillards

Explored! Thank you very much :-) Taken in Stowe Landscape Gardens. Added a little bit of soft focus :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Born To Run ~ Emmylou Harris OR ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Born To Run ~ Emmylou Harris

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL :-) This shot was taken on Dunstable Downs in southern Bedfordshire, England. The Downs reach a height of 797 ft (243 m), the highest point of the county of Bedfordshire. A slightly obscure musical link but "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder seems appropriate :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Higher Ground ~ Stevie Wonder

Explored! Thank you very much :-) This is the Lily Pond in the grounds of Ascott House nr Wing in Buckinghamshire. The only song about a Lily Pond that I could find is "Lily Pond" by Vashti Bunyan :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Lily Pond ~ Vashti Bunyan

Explored! Thank you very much :-) One from the archives where I got a bit carried away with filters :-)) The track that comes to mind is "Train Leaves Here This Morning". It was written by Gene Clark and Bernie Leadon. It was recorded by The Eagles and featured on their debut album from 1972. Anything by The Eagles is my fave but the version by Dillard and Clark from their 1968 album "The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark" is my absolute fave version :-) Also, the photo (shown in the video) on the cover of the vinyl copy of the album is one of my all time fave photos :-) I still have the vinyl album :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Train Leaves Here This Morning ~ Dillard & Clark Rest in Peace, Gene & Doug.

Explored! Thank you very much :-) This is the 12th Century Church of St Peter and St Paul in Dinton that is not too far from where we live. Here comes, probably, my most tenuous 'Sight and Sound' link, ever! :-) One verse of "Love Can Go To Hell" by Brandy Clark says - I can go to church Fold these idle hands I can go to work Call some friends Make some plans Therefore, "Church" is my link :-) Absolutely gutted that late last year I missed an opportunity to see Brandy play live! Just have to keep watching YouTube until, hopefully, Brandy returns to the UK :-) Love the imagery of - Love can go to hell Like roses in a vase of whiskey Dying for the way you used to kiss me Heaven knows I only wish you well Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Love Can Go To Hell (Live) ~ Brandy Clark Or ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Love Can Go To Hell (Album version) ~ Brandy Clark

Explored! Thank you very much :-) My ipernity activity has been very hit and miss of late. Unfortunately back on 28 March 2018, Helen (Mrs Bennion) had a very nasty accident falling backwards down some concrete steps. Helen very badly broke her elbow, cracked her pelvis and suffered multiple bruising! My time is now taken up looking after Helen. We saw the consultant today (10 April) and Helen has to return to hospital in a week's time and again at the end of this month. It is going to be a very long recovery process so my ip activity will continue to be hit and miss but I'm sure I will catch-up at some point :-) The only obscure musical link that seems to go with my photo is "And Dream of Sheep" by Kate Bush :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ And Dream of Sheep ~ Kate Bush

Explored! Thank you very much :-) 'Oxford Blue' is a Souvenir shop in Oxford and my link for 'Sight and Sound' is "Souvenirs" by John Prine :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Souvenirs ~ John Prine

HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL :-) I normally hibernate when it is cold and snowy :-) But, last Monday I braved the elements and went to Oxford. Thankfully, most of the snow had disappeared! This shot is of Nuffield College and I believe this is the library tower topped by a flèche. A flèche is, apparently, a lead-covered timber spire, or spirelet :-) Nuffield College was founded in 1937 after a donation to the University by William Richard Morris an English motor manufacturer who founded Morris Motors Limited. I was looking for a motor car link for 'Sight and Sound' and here comes a very wayward one :-) There is a group called 'The Cars'. I am using their song "Just What I Needed" covered here by Postmodern Jukebox featuring Sara Niemietz :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Just What I Needed ~ Postmodern Jukebox featuring Sara Niemietz

Explored! Thank you very much :-) This is the new Physics Building in Oxford that is still under construction. Certainly it 'must be the place' for regular photo visits :-) And, can be linked to "This Must Be The Place" by Postmodern Jukebox featuring Sara Niemietz, methinks :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ This Must Be The Place ~ Postmodern Jukebox featuring Sara Niemietz

Explored! Thank you very much :-) HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, ALL :-) I am also adding this photo to: Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music Another one of my obscure 'Library' links......the building on the left is the Radcliffe Camera that is part of the Bodleian Library. Libraries have books and "Paperback Writer" comes to mind :-) I decided upon a version by Herb Pedersen from his 1976 album "Southwest" rather than the classic original by The Beatles :-) ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Paperback Writer ~ Herb Pedersen

Explored! Thank you very much :-) One from way, way, way back in the Archives.....taken in Guernsey :-) "Sail Away" by Pearls Before Swine comes to mind :-) This track is from their 1969 album "These Things Too". I know I did have a vinyl copy of the album but, stupidly, I must have sold it :-( However, all is not lost 'cos I now have the cd version of the album :-) I was so sorry to read that Tom Rapp passed away on 11 February 2018. Rest in Peace, Tom. Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Sail Away ~ Pearls before Swine Possibly view on black, please :-)

Explored! Thank you very much :-) I previously uploaded a mono version of this scene. Now 'tis the turn of the colour version, taken on New Year's Day :-) There is a bird flying high and I'm sure it is thinking "Why Walk When You Can Fly". Which, of course, leads to "Why Walk When You Can Fly" by Mary Chapin Carpenter :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Why Walk When You Can Fly ~ Mary Chapin Carpenter